May 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM EDT
Election deniers are running for governor across America --and they could steal 2028

President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 presidential election -- and now that fabrication is fueling the agendas for a new generation of potential Republican governors. Michigan Republican strategist Jason Cabel Roe argued that the emphasis on supporting Trump's election denial is "silly because they know better," wrote The Washington Post's Dan Merica, Patrick Marley and Clara Ence Morse. The former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party then added "but, you know, it's still what the base wants to hear." Despite this obsession, however, Roe added that voters are far more concerned about the economy and the price of gas.

 

May 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM EDT
There's a bait and switch buried in the Trump Accounts parents need to know about

President Donald Trump has promoted his "Trump Accounts," or stock market investment accounts for American children, as being great for future generations -- but experts are not so sure. "The federal government is less than two months away from opening Trump Accounts for private contributions on July 4, 2026, and a debate over what should go in them has begun," wrote TheStreet's Damilola Esebame on Sunday. "White House and Treasury officials have discussed allowing wealthy donors to contribute shares of stock directly into the children's savings accounts, a shift that could reshape the program."

 

May 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM EDT
DC insider: The invincible Trump is cracking --and his allies are jumping ship

President Donald Trump is losing the war he started with Iran -- and a political expert is warning the president will behave increasingly erratically because he psychologically cannot handle losing. "We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate, but cannot," Robert Reich, who served as President Bill Clinton's labor secretary, wrote for The Guardian on Friday. Describing Iran's success in imposing economic pressure on the United States by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and thereby rising prices on gas and food, Reich described Trump's ongoing failure as "not just a serious geopolitical defeat for the United States; it's a personal crisis for Trump. Those rising prices coupled with an increasingly unpopular war have increased the likelihood that Democrats will take back control of the House and even possibly the Senate in the upcoming midterms."

 

May 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM EDT
Republicans aren't the only ones with an anti-Semitism problem: analysis

A Democratic congressman recently accused members of his own party of applying a double-standard to the issue of anti-Semitism -- that is, condemning it when it comes from Republicans but turning a blind eye when it comes from Democrats. "Consider the response to -- really, the embrace of -- Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing commentator with millions of online followers," Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote in a New York Times editorial published on Sunday. Gottheimer had previously criticized the neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville in 2017 and the popular alt right influencer Nick Fuentes.

 

May 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM EDT
Democrats with the best chances in 2028 are probably not who you think: experts

President Donald Trump and the Republicans are so unpopular, a political scientist was able to break down a long litany of Democrats eager to run in the 2028 election -- some of whom, they added, have a realistic chance of winning. After describing Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear as "too dull" and insufficiently "exciting, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was then described as "potentially the candidate who could win a lot of Black support but also reach out to a lot of white voters," at least based on what Seth Masket, a professor at the University of Denver in political science, and Mark Schmitt, the director of the Political Reform Program at New America, told The New Republic's Perry Bacon in a podcast episode dropped on Sunday. Booker was also described as "one of those politicians who goes anywhere and talks to anybody, in the way that Mamdani is. And I think there's just real value in that right now""not parsing out micro-targeting, but just getting in there and showing up in an unfriendly audience and listening. I feel like he's got a little of that gift. Might help."

 

May 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM EDT
'Unethical': Melania's former lawyer tears apart new Trump program

Immigration lawyers representing the global elite are warning their clients to steer clear of Trump's "gold card" visa program, calling it legally dubious, financially risky, and potentially worthless, according to a report in the Washington Post. The program, which Trump has promoted as a fast-track to residency for wealthy foreigners willing to invest $1 million to $2 million, has become a cautionary tale in the immigration law community. Seven immigration attorneys told the Washington Post they have either steered clients away from applying or refused to help clients who already have applied, citing fundamental legal problems with the program.

 

May 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM EDT
Inside Trump's state by state plan to control elections: investigation

A new investigation by Reuters details how the Trump administration is seeking to gain federal control over elections in at least eight states, employing investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID records for the campaign. "What we're seeing is the Trump administration, in some ways, is seeking to relitigate the 2020 election, and they're also seeking to impose federal authority over the administration of elections," says investigative journalist Ned Parker.

 

May 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM EDT
'I'm not flighty': Amy Coney Barrett pushes back on new characterization

Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the idea of being a swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court during an appearance in Arkansas on Saturday, despite cases where she's split from the court's conservative majority. Barrett, who President Donald Trump nominated to the court in 2020, spoke for an hour about her work during an event at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.

 

May 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM EDT
MAGA pastor says Trump has 'better understanding' of Bible than the Pope

It's been a strange year for presidential-papal relations as the Trump administration has spent the past several months antagonizing the Pope. Now in the latest installment of this unholy saga, a prominent MAGA pastor has declared that Trump has a "better understanding" of the Bible than the head of the Catholic Church. Appearing on Fox News on Saturday, firebrand Pastor Robert Jeffress took issue with the Pontiff. While he did call the Pope a "good man" who is "sincere in his faith," he went on to say that he is "sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran."

 

May 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM EDT
'This is a coup': MAGA melts down as Obama visits Canada amid Trump takeover talk

On Thursday, a seemingly innocuous social media post by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touched off an unexpected MAGA meltdown. "Welcome back to Canada, President [Barack Obama]" Carney tweeted along with a video showing the former president's arrival in Toronto. While Obama was visiting Canada to deliver a keynote speech to a think tank, the followers of President Donald Trump decided there was something more nefarious going on, accusing him of breaking federal laws.

 

May 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM EDT
Major cases 'hobbled by turmoil' as 'shock waves ripple through' Trump's DOJ

Major cases at the Department of Justice are "hobbled by" turmoil as "more than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed out of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia," the Washington Post reported Saturday. The "turmoil" comes amid the fallout from the DOJ's revamped effort to prosecute former FBI director James Comey. A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina last month indicted Comey on two counts related to an Instagram post by the former FBI director that depicted the phrase "86-47." Prosecutors allege Comey's post can reasonably be construed as a threat against the president. As the Post notes,"most legal analysts say [the charges] have little merit and stem primarily from President Donald Trump's animus toward the former FBI chief." Meanwhile, as the DOJ pursues Trump's vendetta, insiders say a "key prosecutorial office" remains "understaffed and weakened." According to the Post, citing 10 current and former prosecutors, several DOJ officials "have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs, fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles." "Major cases, including one involving a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, have been hobbled by the turmoil," the Post reports. In that case, former Eastern District of Virginia national security chief Michael Ben'Ary was pushed out amid the trial of Mohammad Sharifullah, whom Trump himself has described as "the top terrorist" behind the 2021 attack at Kabul airport's Abbey Gate. According to the Post, after his firing, Ben'Ary "left a scorching letter taped to his office door, warning that his abrupt departure could hurt the Abbey Gate trial." In April. A jury "[convicted] Sharifullah of a terrorism offense, [but] deadlocked and declined to find him guilty of playing a deadly role in that specific attack," the Post reports. Deputy director the National Security Section for the Eastern District of Virginia, Troy Edwards, had also been on the Sharifullah case. As the Post notes, Edwards, who is Comey's son-in-law, left the department following the former FBI director's indictment. "As the Justice Department gears up for the second prosecution of Comey, the costs to the department of the president's crusade are mounting," the Post reports. "The shock waves rippling through the Justice Department underline the high price of the president's single-minded pursuit of his adversaries to its personnel, resources and mission."

 

May 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM EDT
Trump's DC plan will convert miles of popular riverfront park to 'exclusive' golf course

Along the banks of the Washington Channel in the nation's capital sits the East Potomac Park, a popular green space offering 330 acres of open fields, picnic grounds, tennis courts, and lanes for running and cycling. At over 100 years old, the park is a celebrated "part of the culture in D.C." But according to renovation plans obtained by the Washington Post, President Donald Trump wants to radically change the park, installing an "exclusive" golf course at the expense of public access.